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FCC: Phone Network Bugs Must Be Fixed — But are SS7/Diameter Beyond Repair?
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Fast enough for government work: The Federal Communications Commission is finally minded to do something about decades-old vulnerabilities ...
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FCC Warns Carriers to Protect Customers Against SIM Swaps
A month after issuing new rules to push back against SIM-swap and similar schemes, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is warning mobile phone service providers of their obligations to protect consumers against ...
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T-Mobile Suffers a Data Breach, Again
T-Mobile has begun notifying customers of a security breach that might affect an undetermined number of them, possibly revealing their names and addresses, phone numbers, account numbers, rate plans and features, and ...

US Wireless Carriers Shared Customer Location Data with Third Parties
The Federal Communications Commission found that one or more wireless carriers in the United States sold location data regarding its consumers to third parties, in apparent violation of federal law. After a ...